Matthew Watkins’s night shift as a licensed practical nurse had just ended.

His shift as a school nurse was about to begin.

That left just enough time to drop by the Board of Fire Commissioners’ regular monthly meting Tuesday morning to learn that a new job awaits him: He has been offered a seat in the new class of NHFD firefighters.

Staff figured out the problem: She had become homeless. They put her in touch with an agency that could help. She got a place to live, she returned to the phlebotomy program, she graduated, and she is now gainfully employed.

Firefighter Timothy Borer passed all the required tests and assessments, so he was promoted and sworn in Tuesday to become a fire inspector.

However, as long as he stays in that position, there will be no formal annual review of his work to help him improve at the job. Neither the department nor the firefighters’ union contract requires one.